WEEKLY TEST NO. 1.

1
Identify. Provide what is being described in each item.
1. Law which declares the Philippines as an archipelagic state.
2. The intersection of meridians and parallels on the globe or map.
3. The absolute location of the Philippines.
4. The Philippine Constitution that was directly stated in the Treaty of Paris .
5. Identifying the location of the place based on surrounding water forms.
6. A maritime location in the west Pacific Ocean and is home to some 600 species
of corals and more than 2000 species of fish.
7-9. The three major bodies of water that surrounded the Philippines.
10. The law which states the maritime territory of the Philippines in accordance
with UNCLOS.
GEOGRAPHY’S IMPACT ON
PHILIPPINE
POLITICS AND ECONOMY
Livelihood activities

-What kind of activities suited for

tropical climate?
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 R.A 7161 or the Philippine Code of 1991
- local government units are bestowed with authority
to govern the area they cover, under the management of
the country’s central government

-These administrative units of government are named with

numbers corresponding to their geographic location from
the north to the south of the archipelago. These regions
were mainly formed to facilitate the government of the
provinces of the Philippines. Aside from the Autonomous
Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and the Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR), the regions of the Philippines
do not have their own local government. Each region is
made up of provinces, and the provinces are composed of
cities and municipalities.
 Transportation and
Communication
 there are government services that are not delivered
efficiently, properly, and safely to Filipinos in different
parts of the archipelago. Examples of these are
education, healthcare, electricity, and water. These
characteristics also affect how people transport products
in the archipelago.

 an example of this is the Roll-on, Roll-off System (RORO)

that began to be implemented during the administration of
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Using this, the
government aimed to promote tourism and economic
progress by providing an affordable, efficient, and
effective means of transportation in the different regions in
the archipelago.
 RORO
- is the system of boarding land vehicles on inter-island ferries or cargo
ships.
TOURISM
The tropical climate of the
Philippines and its different
landforms and bodies of water are
among the reasons why foreign
tourists visit the country.
According to data from the Department of Tourism (DOT),
the numberof foreign tourists who visited the country in
2013 reached 4,681,307.

Majority of the tourists were Koreans (1.17 million);

followed by Americans (674,564);and by the Japanese
(433,705) According to the DOT, the Banaue Rice Terraces,
Chocolate Hills, Boracay, Cebu and Davao are the five most
visited places by the tourists.
The Philippines as a
Natural Hazard Hot
Spot
The location of the
Philippines in the Pacific
Ring of Fire and in the
northwest Pacific basin
are reasons why the
Philippines is considered
as one of the world's hot
spots for natural hazards.
The country frequently
experiences earthquakes; has
23 active volcanoes, and is
passed by 20 typhoons every
year, with eight of which
reaching landfall. The
disasters faced by the
Philippines do not end at the
volcanic eruptions, typhoons,
and earthquakes.
The country's preparedness for climate and
environmental problems and the damage to life and
property that come with them are challenges to the
government.

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and

Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is the
lead agency that gives Filipinos protection from natural
calamities through the use of scientific knowledge about
climate and weather conditions in the country.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
(PHIVOLCS) is the lead agency tasked to respond to
disasters related to tectonic phenomena. Both
PAGASA and PHIVOLCS are under the administration
of the Department of Science and Technology.
Technology.
Security
Issue
The Philippines geographic
characteristics also come with
challenges to the country's security.

The length and the archipelagic characteristic of

the Philippines may be used as a venue for illegal
and dangerous persons or items to enter or exit
the country.

The country's mountainous and forested land

may also be used as a hiding place by fugitives to
escape or hinder prosecution by authorities.
Examples of threats to national security are
terrorism, piracy, and trafficking.